Vibrations and buckling of thin laminiated composite nano plates in hygrothermal
environment are investigated using second-order strain gradient theory. Hamilton's principle …

In this paper, the mechanical behavior of bio-inspired nacre-like staggered composites is
studied. The bio-inspired materials, combining stiff and soft constituents, exhibit superior …

Nanoplates have been extensively utilized in the recent years for applications in
nanoengineering as sensors and actuators. Due to their operative nanoscale, the …

Cracking simulation in concrete-like structures is the subject of numerous investigations of
computational kind, in which different modeling techniques based on either smeared or …

An analytical method is presented in this work for the linear vibrations and buckling of nano-
plates in a hygro-thermal environment. Nonlinear von Kármán terms are included in the …

This paper presents a comprehensive numerical finite element implementation of the
nonlocal strain gradient theory applied to thin laminated composite nanoplates using …

In this paper, a new numerical method, named as the Free Element Collocation Method
(FECM), is proposed for solving general engineering problems governed by the second …

In this work, a refined interelement diffuse fracture theoretical model, based on a cohesive
finite element approach, is proposed for concrete and other quasibrittle materials. This …

The macroscopic behavior of materials with anisotropic microstructure described as
micropolar continua is investigated in the present work. Micropolar continua are …

The aim of the present work is to investigate the mechanical behaviour of orthotropic
masonry subjected to localised loads in the context of both 'implicit'/'weak'and …